{"conversationCode":"504-022","tapeNumber":504,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-504-022","startDateTime":"1971-05-27T15:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-27T15:52:00.000Z","startDate":"27-May-1971","startTime":"11:50 AM","endDate":"27-May-1971","endTime":"11:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 27, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 11:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 504-022 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 504-22\n\nDate: May 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:50 am and 11:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield met with an unknown person (Saudi Arabian official?) at an unknown\ntime after 11:50 am.\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -President’s location\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n     Unknown request\n\nKimberly [Surname unknown] enters at an unknown time before 11:52 am.\n\nButterfield, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:52 am.","filename":["504-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:01","tapeEnd":"02:02:13","participantsList":["Butterfield, Alexander P.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"504-021","nextCode":"505-001","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":24.09,"text":"He's gone."},{"start":24.11,"end":24.43,"text":"Everyone's gone."},{"start":24.45,"end":24.83,"text":"Get away from here."},{"start":24.85,"end":25.09,"text":"All of them."},{"start":25.11,"end":25.21,"text":"Come."},{"start":25.23,"end":25.49,"text":"Get in there."},{"start":25.51,"end":25.93,"text":"Get in there with me."},{"start":25.95,"end":26.03,"text":"One."},{"start":26.05,"end":26.31,"text":"Get in there."},{"start":26.33,"end":26.69,"text":"Take these things."},{"start":26.71,"end":26.89,"text":"Up ahead."},{"start":26.91,"end":27.19,"text":"Take this one."},{"start":27.21,"end":27.37,"text":"Hold it."},{"start":27.39,"end":27.85,"text":"Do you like what it is?"},{"start":27.87,"end":28.21,"text":"Do you want some?"},{"start":30.73,"end":47.54,"text":"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Alexander P. Butterfield facilitates a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with an unknown individual, potentially a Saudi Arabian official, and a staff member named Kimberly. The dialogue primarily focuses on logistical arrangements for the guests, including moving them to a private area and offering refreshments. The encounter concludes abruptly with the party exiting the office shortly after arrival.","topics":["Oval Office logistics","Alexander P. Butterfield","Diplomatic protocol","Presidential scheduling","Visitor management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:30:48.583Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-logistics","alexander-p-butterfield","diplomatic-protocol","presidential-scheduling","visitor-management"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"504-022.mp3","bytes":2087493,"durationSec":52.05,"bitrate":320835,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/504-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/504-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/504/conversation-504-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}